stringy

adjective5

1. •
   Composed of, or resembling, string or strings.
2. •
   Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue.

   • The meat was quite stringy.
3. •
   Wiry, lean, scrawny.

   • The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. — 1908
4. •
   (informal) Resembling or involving text strings.
5. •
   Of a sighting, unlikely to be accurate; probably based on a misidentification, whether innocent or deliberate.

   • There are few birders who have not had stringy ticks on their lists at some stage. — 1980